reddingsboot
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch reddingsboot. Equivalent to redding + -s- + boot.
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Noun
[edit]reddingsboot (plural reddingsbote, diminutive reddingsbootjie)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From redding (“rescue”) + -s- + boot (“boat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reddingsboot f (plural reddingsboten, diminutive reddingsbootje n)
- a lifeboat, a boat to save people at sea or in deep internal waters
- De reddingsboot werd snel gelanceerd om de drenkelingen te redden.
- The lifeboat was quickly launched to rescue the drowning people.
- De bemanning van de reddingsboot riskeerde hun leven om de schipbreukelingen te redden.
- The crew of the rescue boat risked their lives to save the shipwreck survivors.
- De kustwacht ontving een noodoproep en stuurde onmiddellijk een reddingsboot naar de locatie.
- The coast guard received a distress call and immediately sent a lifeboat to the location.
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: reddingsboot
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